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RTA NEWS YOU CAN USE
January 23, 2021

TyreAid, Inc. sent us some good information this week
that we hope you will check out.

We had a great conversation, with Mini Lundqvist of TyreAid
and he would like you to take a look at
TyreAid's solution for tire underinflation,
and he asks the question:

"Are Tire Inflation Systems providing truck fleets
with a false sense of security?"

Mr. Lundqvist has data and personal experience to to back up his reporting.
He walks the walk. He got behind the driver's wheel to see for himself.
He took to the road, driving truck, observing what he saw, which was a mix
of small pieces of truck rubber, and remnants as large as a full truck tire tread.

Why is there rubber on the road?
Read on for Mini's observatiuons
and please contact him if you have any feedback to share:

To go directly to the TyreAid Website
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"Are Tire Inflation Systems providing truck fleets with a false sense of security?"

TyreAid, Inc. recently concluded a year-long field survey to find out why sections of truck tires are cluttering major roadways and breakdown lanes continue increasing in length and frequency. We uncovered an undetectable internal problem caused by inflation systems.

These inflation systems have been installed by fleets under the belief that they would control their tire underinflation problems and reduce expensive road service calls, but an underlying problem puts them at greater risk for exactly those issues.

If a tire picks up a nail or other sharp object that penetrates the thread and casing, the penetration creates a slow air leak 90% of the time. During slow leaks, an inflation system will continue to inflate the tire to the proper PSI and there is no reasonable way for the driver or management to know there is a problem.

The air inside the tire tries to escape from the casing trough the puncture; the air pressure slowly forces its way into the original penetration point between the casing and re-tread surfaces. The increasing pressure slowly separates the two surfaces and eventually will separate the entire tread from the casing, often causing damage to the equipment and surrounding vehicles on the road (See pictures below).

To resolve this problem, we recommend the TyreAid Safety System.  TyreAid does not hide tire pressure problems and will instead report them while they are still reparable with a simple patch. TyreAid has also combined a GPS asset tracker and TPMS underinflation tire monitor into a compact corrosive resistant transmitter that has its own independent power source, is easily installed on the end of the axle hub, and provides a five year warranty. Additionally, there is no monthly fee for our GPS feature.

A small extra note:
We spoke mainly of trailers and chassis, but our system fits ALL 18 wheels of a big rig. We also have the application for Off The Road (huge tires),  forklifts and loaders, which are using the 12mm valve stems. In short, we cover every air filled commercial tire in the market. (We have no application for cars.)
 
TyreAid takes about 5 minutes to install per tire and one does not need to even take off the wheel or tire. It stays on the vehicle even when tire work is done and it can easily be moved from vehicle to vehicle when for example the fleet gets updated.

The design life of TyreAid is minimum 10 years for every component and we give a 5 year unlimited mile warranty.

Best Regards,
Torbjörn "Mini" Lundqvist
President

TyreAid, Inc
30 N. Gould St.  #4000
Sheridan, WY  82801 USA
Phone: +1 307 459 1990
Mobile: +1 949 228 3000
email: Mini@TyreAid.com
Web:  www.TyreAid.com
Skype: MiniLundqvist